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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 10, Pages 6009-6020Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05160
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC U1701242, U1401235]
- Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Program [201504010007]
- Guangdong Provincial High-Level University Program [8s1001]
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent chemicals in the environment. So far, little is known about their uptake potential in wetland plants. Here, we investigated the uptake and translocation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in eight common wetland plants, namely, Canna indica (Ci), Thalia dealbata (Td), Cyperus alternifolius (Ca), Phragmites australis (Pa), Arundo donax (Ad), Pontederia cordata (Pc), Cyperus papyrus (Cp), and Alisma orientale (Ao) by hydroponic experiments and visualized their tissue- and cell-level distribution with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) and transmission electron microscopy equipped with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (TEM-EDS). The results showed that the PFASs accumulated in plants accounted for 1.67-16.7% of the total mass spiked into the hydroponic systems, and PFOS accumulated largely in roots (48.8-95.8%), while PFOA was stored mostly in the aboveground part (29.3-77.4%). DESI-MS and TEM-EDS analysis showed that PFASs in Ci, Td, Pa, and Ca were transported from the hydroponic solution to the root cortex via both apoplastic (e.g., across cell walls and/or intercellular spaces) and symplastic routes (e.g., across plasma membranes or via plasmodesmata) and further to the vascular bundle via symplastic route in Td and Pa and via both routes in Ci and Ca. These two chemicals were transported from roots to stems mainly through the cortex in Td and through both the cortex and vascular bundles in Ci and Ca.
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